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Zviad Barkaia

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Red Revolution and annihilation of
members of the "Upper Class
GULAG stands for Glavnoye
Upravleniye Lagerey - the Main
Camp Administration.
Working words for USSR :
Repressions
Terror
Tyranny of the Proletariat
Enemy of the people
Family member of the enemy of the
people

From Muscles to Cynicism

GSE Definition:
a) Firstly, the cynicism of power, characterized
by exploitative ruling groups wielding power
and achieving their selfish aims in ways that
are openly amoral e.g. fascism, the cult of
personality etc.
b) Secondly, there are the rebellious ideas and
actions of groups and individuals, who have
to endure the yoke of injustice and
powerlessness,
who
suffer
from
the
ideological and moral hypocrisy of the
exploiter class, but with no hope of changing
the situation and, thus, mired in a spiritual
void.
*

communist morality is against cynicism

Dream vs
Reality
Formal Rhetoric and Social Life:
- Political loyalty = Ritual gestures
Real cultural life:
- Leningrad Saigon intellectual circle;
- The necrorealists;
- Moscow conceptualists.
Their non-conformism was non-political.
* The comic adoption of an official or authoritarian symbol or
ritual, the act of hyper-identifying with an authoritarian rhetorical
construction in such a way as to undermine it by

Effects in the Real Life

Nihilistic attitude on any form of authority!
Ignoring of any form of formal rules!
Formal loyalty of Regime.
This leads to:
- Formal vs Informal methods of education (Street Rules)
- Formal culture vs Informal Sub or Counterculture
- Formal vs Informal Economic activities (Blat)
Higher gap between two worlds, increases the expectance
of system failure!

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